BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis LP Straight Edge

BUTTHOLE SURFERS - Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis LP Straight EdgeThe second part of Matadors reissues of the essential early records by Texass Butthole Surfers continues with three of their most insane slabs 1985s Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis, 1987s Locust Abortion Technician and 1988s Hairway to Steven. The period during which these records were first issued parallels the Buttholes transition from being weirdo Texas outcasts to becoming internationally recognized smut kings of the American underground. In

Accompanied by the new drones (stitched into the album sequence on CD

And then the various synthie-parts showing off what his machines can do

Mataja spent World War 2 in a German work camp

the band disbanded

So I sold my prized drum kit and used the money to buy a guitar

96 pages in English and German with texts by Martin Kreyßig and Johan Redin

This incredible brew of jazz

while keeping a grief aspect in every tone

it was the follow up to the band’s 1996 debut The Week Never Starts Round Here

Stylistically ranging from krautrock to psychedelia

I don’t tell Evan anything

Blood Bag is a gleefully sadistic blitzkrieg that rages through perfectly executed solos